Wednesday night was another installment of Scott Glazer's Mojo Dojo at Blind Willie's. Scott's put together music (mostly blues, 60s soul, and some other offbeat stuff) for two horns and rhythm section. David Ellington has been the keyboardist as of late, joined by Nick Johnson on guitar. The drummer's chair seems to rotate between several players, and the horns (trumpet and tenor sax) are usually Mace Hibbard and either Melvin Jones or Russell Gunn. This month, however, Justin Powell and I were the horns, and Jon Chalden on drums.
It's a fun gig and a great hang! Tyrone Jackson sat in on organ for a few songs in each set and blew us away. Actually, pretty much everybody blew me away--I lost the onstage battle of volume and chops. They go hand in hand for me--if I have to begin my solo at 85% intensity because of the onstage volume, it severely narrows my range of musical ideas. Still, it was fun to be on stage with all of these guys, doing something completely different. I'd love to have another shot at it!
